Effects of maternal diet, postnatal litter size adjustment and post-weaning diet on plasma TG, glucose, and hormones.

Results are expressed as mean±SEM. Data were analysed by multi-factor ANOVA.
P<0.05.
*maternal diet effect, compared with the offspring from chow-fed mothers with the same size litters.
†litter effect, compared with the offspring from mothers fed the same kind of diet with normal size litters.
‡post-weaning diet effect, compared with chow-fed litter mates.
CN: chow-fed mother with normal size litter.
CS: chow-fed mother with small size litter.
HN: high-fat diet-fed mother with normal size litter.
HS: high-fat diet-fed mother with small size litter.